Sedma radionica fotonike
Kopaonik, 10–14.03.2014.
Propagation of laser light through coherently prepared media
Stanko Nikolić, Ivan Radojičić, Aleksandar Krmpot, Bojan Zlatković,
Milan Radonjić and Branislav M. Jelenković
Institut za fiziku, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Beograd, Srbija
Contact: B. Jelenković ( [email protected] )
Abstract. We have measured and calculated transmission of the probe laser light
through Rb vapor, after Rb atoms have been prepared in the dark state by the pump
laser beam. Space and time separation of generation and probing of dark states, i.e.,
Ramsey method of separated excitation fields, have been used to control the
propagation of the probing laser. We have used two different types of Rb vapor, vapor
contained in the vacuum cell and in the cell with the buffer gas, in order to demonstrate
how different decohence mechanism influences the probe propagation and also widths
and amplitudes of probe’s electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Conditions
have been identified when the propagation of the probe laser is fully controlled and
allowed by the previous preparation of Rb atoms in the dark state. Transient
development of the probe Zeeman EIT during the probe pulse propagation was
calculated and measured for different magnetic fields, pump and probe laser intensity
and length of the dark region, where by dark region we mean spatial distance or time
interval between the pump and the probe excitations of the same atom.
Acknowledgements. We are thankful for financial support by the Ministry of
education and science of Republic of Serbia, under grants III45016 and OI171038, and
SNF-Scopes Grant IZ 76Z0 147548/1.
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